Aztec Times (If You Were There) - Hardcover

Mason, Antony

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0689811993 ISBN 13: 9780689811999

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 1997

Synopsis

Detailed full-color illustrations and an intriguing text provide a close-up look at life for citizens of the ancient Aztec civilization, covering everything from family life to warriors and conquistadors as its takes young readers back to ancient Mexico.

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From School Library Journal:

Gr 4-7--Both of these books feature 11 topics on double-page spreads, illustrated with colorful, detailed paintings. The texts appear to be little more than captions for the artwork, but they communicate a lot of information. Aztec Times includes the origins of this early civilization, daily life and customs, and the arrival of the Spanish. Viking Times, while not discounting the warlike ways of the northern folk, covers explorations and trade, the Norman conquerors of England, and the Christianization of the Vikings. Each book includes a world time line and a pictorial map. The back covers fold out into game boards with directions (and should present no difficulties in circulation). The games differ in how they are played, and are sufficiently complex to keep young people interested. Joanna Defrates's What Do We Know About the Aztecs? (Peter Bedrick, 1993) has a similar format for the same age group; Tim Wood's The Aztecs (Viking, 1992) goes into more detail. Fiona MacDonald's How Would You Survive as an Aztec? (Watts, 1997) is even more interactive. Margaret Mulvihill's Viking Longboats (Watts, 1989), in spite of the title, has much the same coverage, although in less detail; while Jacqueline Morley's How Would You Survive As a Viking (Watts, 1995) shares the interactive format of the Aztec entry in the same series. These are attractive, useful additions wherever more material is needed.

Pam Gosner, formerly at Maplewood Memorial Library, NJ

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About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0689811993
• ISBN 13: 9780689811999
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: White Michael